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Health: Smart CONTACT LENSES can improve your sight while monitoring for diseases

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Smart CONTACT LENSES can improve your sight while monitoring for conditions including diabetes and strokes by measuring chemicals in tear fluid The new contact lens design comes from researchers from the UK, US and China It features a mesh sensor that measures light, temperature and glucose levels At the same time, the team said, it … Read more

Snapchat is set to rollout its original show ‘Move It!’ that teaches users dances through AR Lenses

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Snapchat is launching a new Snap Original series Wednesday that teaches unique dances in a first-of-its kind immersive show. Called Move It!, the show includes 10 episodes that feature chart topping songs for Snapchatters to follow along and create their own music videos, which can be shared to their account. Dance influencers Michael Le and … Read more

Tiny spider silk lenses could take images inside human body

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Miniature lenses made with spider silk could allow scientists to take extremely high-resolution images inside the human body Specialist silk from a daddy long legs spider was used as part of experiments  Resin applied to the silk forms a droplet which is hardened using ultraviolet light  This droplet is around two micrometres wide and can … Read more

Harley Street eye specialist advises wearing glasses instead of contact lenses

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Eye doctor says people should wear glasses instead of contact lenses because they act as a ‘partial shield’ against COVID-19 – and shares a five-step guide to cleaning them correctly Dr Sabrina Shah-Desai advised people to wear glasses not contact lenses Explained glasses act as a ‘partial shield’ from airborne coronavirus droplets COVID-19 can enter … Read more

Prototype contact lenses allow colourblind people to tell green from red

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Prototype contact lenses that allow colourblind people to tell green from red without needing a pair of ‘bulky sunglasses’ are being developed The technology involves an ultra-thin material that changes the colour of light The team developed a way to ‘print’ the new material on to a curved surface  It is not commercially available yet … Read more

Bill Turnbull loses his ear piece contact lenses and teeth presenting GMB turning studio into chaos

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Bill Turnbull is ‘having one of those days!’: GMB thrown into chaos after Piers Morgan’s stand-in loses earpiece during break – leaving TV crew scrabbling around on the floor Bill Turnbull is standing in this week for Piers Morgan who is on holiday The 64-year-old dropped his earpiece – ‘the size of a peanut’ – … Read more